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As remarked by others the difficulty of editing pdfs is their major advantage ... but unfortunately the chromium based browsers often mess up the rendering of textures giving black rectangles all over the page, hiding text. In fact I have found that only Adobe reader(s) and Firefox will render everything correctly (so far!). In a paperless office, viewing rendition of pdfs can be appalling ... with printing them being the only way to produce comfortably readable documents. PS I was unaware that Libre Office can edit pdfs ... and am therefore unaware that it may render textures properly. Also Acrobat reader allows some annotation of documents for free (very useful for proof reading and pointing out errors to the originator of the document).
Yes, PDFs suck. But just as I refuse to pay the Apple Tax, I will not pay the Adobe Tax either.
I hate it, that my teacher wants always to have a pdf file. So we have to edit pdfs which is around the experience to game at3-10fps... just because his MacBook shows doc/docx Files wrong.... he should get a better PC than I would say... pretty much everyone in my class hates it, I guess... I always have to edit it with SmallPDF, where you can only have 2downloads per day...
Why don't someone create new format for documents viewer for example ..JPEG txt ...JPEG is an image viewer format that can be read by almost all the OS , we can extract text from OCR Technology for editing as well
PDFs are fine, but alot of people dont understand what they are, PDFs are documents a user shouldnt really edit after it was saved. The problem with them arises when people like teachers send assignments in PDF and expect students to fill a field out or do something with it. Most of the time when i try to edit a pdf, it looks very janky and i just cant do anything with the word doc i converted it into.
PDF is also used for big graphics, as in trade show displays, etc. The big printers will have an licensed PostScript in the firmware as opposed to a clumsy emulator in your desktop driver. The preferred output to go between AI and an outside printing business is PDF. All settings from color profile to bleed, etc is unambiguous. (PostScript is Adobe's ace in the hole.)
meh, I only use pdfs to read book series, recipes, and things like that... if I want to share documents that need to be edited I'll just make a google doc everyone can see.. if it's something I or others need to since docusign and done
yeah, print to pdf save me many times too. Also pdf is the standard in academic circles because of the superiority of LateX as a typesetting and text-sharing system.
I don't get why you'd want pdf. Why not just save as jpg or png?
That's not a Geo Metro. It's a Tracker.
If only this was uploaded a month later.
Some companies send you a PDF with fields to fill in. On an iOS or iPadOS device you can simply open and edit the fields and send it right back. This is without a 3rd party app.
Some evil mastermind told my dad about PDF once. For a while, he would convert .jpg pictures into PDF files just to send them over email. He also didn't know how to use it properly, so I would receive 20 PDF files containing a single picture each. Sometimes it can be bad to teach tech to less tech savvy people.
0:54 OMG! Nostalgia! I had that same PC case (the one in the middle) on my Pentium2 120! It's like 25 years ago!
Adobe are assholes thats why people pirate them
You can crypt "lock" pdf files and add network signatures to them (online bank account).
As a linux user I never have to worry about paying for Adobe software
Title should be "PDFs are fine, Adobe sucks"
So many of my fellow engineering apprentices submit their work in .doc format 🤨🙄 Works great on their PC at home, but for the person marking the thing, not so much. Our training officer is a bit awkward and can't spell for shit so he criticises all the 'spelling mistakes' flagged up by the word processor even though they're technical terms 😣 Pritn to PDF adn _voilà_ no spellling mistkaes. Just give him a piece of digital paper with your words on it ffs!
I kinda like that they're not readily editable when it comes to final drafts or things that I don't have any intention of editing. Can't stand opening a whole clunky word processor just to read a document that shouldn't be editable in the first place. Think about it this way.. if you got a printed handout in a class or something, you wouldn't expect to be able to change it. I like that they open in programs that load pretty much instantly and there's no chance of accidentally altering it.
i will say tho.. can't stand how the line wrapping contains actual line breaks. messes things up when you copy and paste from it.
PDF is the only file format to archive text. I safely doubt that the 2030 Microsoft Office will recognize any format like any other Office version does for all other versions...
How come this video has more likes than dislikes? 🤦🏽♂️
I had to send a law firm some text and images to look at. They didn't know how to open them, so they requested that I re-send them as PDF files. SMH!
pdf suck when u have to read them a lot on a phone, that pesky tiny font. yes i know i can use 3rd party software which can use word wrap, but then it look very misaligned
Viewing a document in a word processor is like running an app in an IDE.
adobe ...
i say microsoft word
Title sucks. PDFs are amazing.
Complaining that PDFs are hard to edit is like complaining that videos, when published on for example ROworld, are hard to edit. Sure, you can technically do it, but it's really not what it was intended for.
Linus, you should know better that PDF was not meant to be edited once it was distilled. Noob! Yes, new "container" type of "editable" PDF came along and blabla, yes Adobe wants money. Anyway, if you own the original file source you should be alright as you still have it. Not owning the source... well, pay the damn price :D
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well that pulseway video explains the state of IT systems all over the world
When I have to sign something that's in PDF format I have to physically print it, sign it, scan and save it as pdf... I refuse to pay money for a feature that should be free to use.
"Who uses Microsoft Word anyway?" *looks at statistics* "Oh, those people"
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Awesome. Now I'm curious _why_ the PDF format is reliable between different software environments even though word etc is not. Are the formatting and font options different or more comprehensive?
There was a pulsway ad on ur vid and I was just watching it thinking it was the vid
My teacher keeps assigning pdfs for online school, idk how to edit them
Btw shoutout to Drawboard PDF for Windows.. pretty great Adobe alternative :)
When reading documents I much prefer them to come in a format that means you don't accidentally edit them. Also when publishing it is normally desirable to have a format that is difficult to edit
PDF is the native format of MacOS. Its GREAT! your video title is the only thing that "SUCKS", this video was a waste of electrons
I print to PDF all the time. It's a good way to save digital receipts. You know, all those pages that say "Print a copy for your records"? My records are a folder on my NAS. No way I'm wasting paper on that.
PDF is gucci on Mac!
"PDFs suck" every 60 seconds in africa, a minute passes
Anyone remember DjVu? Those were the days
i got an ad for an app wondershare pdfelement lol
You forgot to say that Adobe is the standard for the print and press industries. Back in the 80's we had to use eps files to print large format and to use the file for press, for exemple we have console cartridges, from microsoft, to convert word files to postscript for the printer, they are inserted. After pdf you not only can sent your file to any place to print... you save money a lot doing pre-press, proofs and, the one of the most important things after fonts, "color correction" Adobe RGB, Adobe Gamma that´s the magic words! Because these, you pay a premium for adobe pdf, mostely...
LaTeX is the way to go
Linus the only dude who can spend a whole video talking about a document format we use in college
Microsoft print to pdf is a lifesaver
Agree, editing a PDF is a pain in the ass. I had to edit one on my phone the other day to request a refund for an undelivered item via Yodel.
Here some (good) alternatives to Adobe if you want to edit PDFs (although the "edit" part doesn't really seem to be standardized, at least it doesn't feel like it, but hey, just print when you are finished to pdf (or paper) and you are good to go again): - KDE Okular (originally from Linux, but also available on Windows (Store) these days) - Foxit Reader Both are pretty good (knowing from experience), so yeah, give it a try if you want to.
Print to PDF is my daily savior at work.
Libreoffice draw saved me multiple times when I had to quickly edit PDFs on my laptop. No reason to pay Adobe
Why is he wearing a winter hat indoors?
i import my pdf into libreoffice drawer then re export it as pdf
I thought it was "Printable" Document format. in the sense that it's the pre-publication version of the document before it goes to mass printing, designed specifically for consistent print layouts.
I Apple was gonna be dropped somewhere, hoping for a free refresher. :) From what I remember Apple either partnered or contributed to it so they've had Adobe-levels on insight since the beginning all the way from NeXTSTEP. It was open sourced for Apple or royalty-free or some like that. It's deeply integrated with macOS, with the kittens era the golden. It's written into Quartz..or Quartz from it?--IDK, somebody will correct me but the point is that it forever has been crazy smooth and seamless, it still isn't like that in some viewers outside of Apple, let alone authoring tools. macOS itself is a pretty sick PDF author without any extra 3rd or even 1st-party (Pages, Keynote...) software It's one thing I'm really going to miss now that I'm sick of Apple's biiIIsh*t and moving away from the eco. :/
any of the 3rd party viewer/creators lend themselves to indexing folders of PDF's?
PDFs are great and this video is not lol
Adobe Acrobat DC is part of the subscription Adobe suite bundle without anyone needing to pay for the PDF creation/editing app subscription alone.
didn't pdf stand for print da faq?
So is there an alternative? A file format that contains every necessary content to display consistently but is able to be edited easily? Sounds like it should already exist right?
So why do they suck ???
People pay for pdf editing? I've been editing mine using open source software lol
He mostly said positive things about PDF but then titled it negatively. I’m confused.
I hate it when I download pdf service manuals and I have to edit them because some pages need rotating, and then the website that hosts the pdfs locks them with a password! Arghhhh
So many pro PDF comments. It is so handy to print and have final copies saved as published softcopies - because it is hard to accidentally edit!
On Android there is a widget that scans to your Google Drive folder. It also creates PDFs. What I like is that the black and white is crisp, no blotches all over or other stuff. The only downside is it does not look like a document that is typed but that is only because it does not correct any waves in the page. It is great if you need a way to save a scan of a receipt or other important document that you might prefer to keep for a while. That can be tax documents that you absolutely would prefer to keep for deductions or even as evidence in an audit (should you be so unfortunate).
I want something exactly like PDF or better and i want it open source. Maybe google can help here. 👍😉
HAHAHA really ??, just remember when back in the days you had 1000 versions of editing programs (that were not free), i could not open something in some places because they don´t have the exact editing program you have, PDF is not for editing, PDF is to have a document that will open anywhere you want, it's purely for reliability
Addressing the main issue he pointed, the document you do is in your editing tool, the document you deliver is in PDF, as you deliver the document you can simply delete the one you deliver and just stay with the one original one in your editing tool, you simply don´t need to edit PDF if you are well organized
the captions are *G E K O L O N I S E E R D*
Frankly, nothing said is new. A debate over a solution offered by Adobe. Well, you don't like it, don't use it. PDF editors are everywhere these days at very low prices.
I hate PDFs, I bought a PC in 1995, it played wing commander privateer very well, which was great, to read the manual I had to run adobe acrobat, It brought that DX2 66 to its knees.
Just a quick addendum, back in the day, most word processing programs wouldn't even open files created in other word processing programs. Computer file has a awesome video about it from a guy who was around at the time.
Winar is trash
Captions only available in Dutch, please add English captions.
remember when adobe was the vector for 30-35% of all attacks on computers? adobe coasted on pdf to create other software that got people hax0red, like flash, for years
Just treat PDFs as a final version. That's exactly what I do. You should then have a draft version somewhere else like a word document which has all the details you need to change, then print to PDF when you are done. If you need to make changes, makes those changes in the word document then export as a PDF again.
Reads title: Angry Latex Users
The de facto ebook file format
So is this why all schools have a boner for PDF’s?
Portable? They take up more space then ODT files!
I have edited PDF files for years, without ever knowing there was a service that charges money for this. Not sure why I'd ever want to pay.
i got a add for a pdf thing while watching this video
3:23 insane how they want you to install more bloatware for paying 15$
Reads title: Angry Latex Users
And they make us use PDFs a bunch in online school.
DAMN... look at that golden beard, curly hair and perfect face, are u a greek god dude??? fucking gorgeous
Like every other piece of Adobe software Acrobat is so bloated it shouldn't be legal. Just Acrobat is about the same size on disk as the entire Microsoft Office suite. I use Fox It for most things and if I really need to edit I convert files using free tools if they don't convert cleanly in Word.
thousands for editing suite too.
audiophile? wireless? closed back? oxymoronic?
Wait, you can edit PDFs with LibreOffice Draw? Oh my god!
[insert a joke about how good free software is and how everyone should stop using proprietary software]
Doesn't PostScript do this? /me glances at the Adobe red and black books on his reference shelf.
I only pay for Adobe PDF Writer, because the standard built in stuff doesn't do A1 (large page) sizes...luckily though my copy of Writer 9 STILL works, and on Windows 10 too! 😊
ok getting libre office now
Clippy hehe
piracy go brrrrrr
Isn't it 15 a year?
i got a add for a pdf thing while watching this video